Terrible Daughters

Why do mother–daughter relationships in our culture often become the most tangled and painful? Where does that familiar feeling, common to many women, come from—guilt, an endless sense of debt, and suppressed anger?

Journalist Blanka Lakaса Карралон, struck by how closely her own personal story echoes the experiences of her friends, decides to do what families usually do not talk about—to break the unspoken taboo of openness and silence.

“Terrible Daughters” is not only a collection of confessions. It is a thoughtful exploration of how love can turn into addiction, and care into an obligation for life. Through interviews with psychologists, sociologists, and historians, as well as examples from film and literature, Карралон unpacks the myth of the “sanctity of motherhood” and shows how society labels someone as a “bad daughter” and a “toxic mother.”

This book helps break the cycle of mutual grievances and imposed expectations, see the mother above all as a living person—and allow yourself the right to your own, separate life.